The main hall of Taoist palace.
The sudden change shocked everyone.
"what happened?!"
Ancestor Ming Yuan looked frightened and angry, and there was a faint black light rising from behind, as if something was about to emerge from the womb.
He didn't have time to think about it, the instinctive magic power was suppressed forcefully, and the energy in his body collided and backfired. He couldn't help but groan again, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Master!!"
Master Heiyuan stood up suddenly, lost his composure in panic, and hurriedly stepped forward:
"What's wrong with you?"
"Buzz!"
Zhang Yao reacted quickly, and while he frowned, he immediately unleashed his powerful spiritual thoughts with all his strength, shooting all around the Dao Palace.
"What a powerful spirit!"
The remaining Jindan monks noticed this sweeping spiritual thought, and while their hearts were awe-inspiring, they also found out their spiritual thoughts:
"what happened?"
"Could someone be attacking me secretly?!"
As the thoughts of many Jindan monks flickered, five or six divine thoughts scanned the Taoist palace inside and outside, but no clues were found.
There was no sign of the monk hiding, not even a trace of mana. The "inexplicable attack" that Ancestor Ming Yuan suffered just now didn't seem to exist at all.
"this……"
Ancestor Jiuhua was a little unsure and signaled to Zhang Yao with his eyes.
He was a little suspicious that the hidden person's methods were too sophisticated for his spiritual mind to detect.
Zhang Yao noticed his look and immediately shook his head slightly - obviously he, like these early Golden Elixir monks, had not discovered anything.
"Hoo, hoo..."
Ancestor Ming Yuan, who was sitting in the main seat, took two deep breaths, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said:
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
As he spoke, he stood up and bowed to everyone, saying with an apologetic expression:
"There was a slight glitch in my performance just now. It was not someone who secretly attacked me, but it disturbed the chief. I'm really sorry."
When many Jindan monks heard this, they naturally didn't dare to say anything. After the two sides exchanged a few polite words, the matter was revealed.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that something is wrong with Ancestor Ming Yuan just now, but since he has no intention of revealing it, everyone is naturally wise enough not to break the pot and ask for the truth.
"Master..."
Only Master Black Abyss still had a trace of deep worry in his eyes, but after all, the situation was different, so he suppressed the worry in his heart and did not speak again.
soon:
Ancestor Ming Yuan, whose expression returned to his original state, continued to discuss some details of profit distribution with everyone.
After the discussion was almost complete, everyone signed a legal contract with Ancestor Mingyuan taking the lead, which was regarded as a formal alliance.
The content of the legal contract is very loose. In addition to the distribution consensus just reached, the main content is that we cannot attack each other under the abyss, and we must help each other within our capabilities, etc.
The binding period of this legal contract only lasts during Mo Yuan's exploration, and will automatically expire once you leave Mo Yuan.
After signing the Dharma deed, everyone looked much more relaxed, and they held a small Dharma gathering and feasted for a long time before they dispersed.
After returning to your room:
"puff……"
Ancestor Ming Yuan could no longer hold on, and suddenly fell to his knees, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The blood he spurted out was as dark as ink, and its shape and texture were like mud and paste. It would not dissolve even if it was spread on the ground.
"Who could it be..."
Ancestor Ming Yuan stood up slowly, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a gloomy expression, and waved his sleeves:
"boom!"
A black fire ignited on the ground, igniting the sludge-like blood and burning it cleanly without leaving any smell or trace.
He came to the cloud bed in the dormitory and sat down cross-legged, frowning and lost in thought:
"I had guessed back then that I was not the only one who could escape from that hellish place by luck."
"I didn't expect that we actually bumped into each other this time. Because the distance was too close, it caused a reaction. 'He' should have noticed it..."
Ancestor Ming Yuan's expression became increasingly gloomy when he thought of this.
"Master!"
Outside the room, the isolation formation was touched by a spiritual thought, and the voice of Master Black Abyss came:
"Are you okay?"
Ancestor Ming Yuan raised his eyebrows. Hearing the worry in his disciple's tone, his expression softened slightly and his mind responded:
"I'm fine, just don't worry."
As he spoke, he paused and gave additional instructions:
"The black tide is about to break out. Practice well and don't slack off. Maybe this time it will be your fate."
"If you can find suitable rare treasures and spiritual objects and train a golden elixir disciple, you can go to Tianzhou with me."
"...Yes, Master."
Master Heiyuan was silent for a moment, then responded respectfully, turned and left.
at the same time:
In the quiet room, Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, still thinking about the scene just now.
"There is something very wrong with this Ancestor Ancestor Ming Yuan..."
At that moment:
Although the transformation was between his elbows and armpits, he still noticed that there was something vaguely trying to break free from Ancestor Ming Yuan's body.
The most important thing is that the aura rising up with the black light actually gave him a very faint familiar taste.
He didn't have time to think about it carefully, and the feeling had passed by in a flash. It wasn't until the ceremony ended and he returned to his room that he could calm down and review the previous details and clues.
"This feeling……"
Zhang Yao thought about it carefully, then suddenly thought of something and suddenly realized:
"turbid gas!!"
"The extremely thin aura on Ancestor Ming Yuan's body is very much like turbid air!"
He had stayed in the Kingdom of Mani for nearly twenty years, spending his days and nights eliminating the turbid energy, and he was very familiar with the earth's turbid energy.
But the turbid aura on the body of Ancestor Ming Yuan seemed to be a little different from what he knew. There were some subtle changes in the details, which caused him to fail to recognize it at the first time.
"This is interesting... Why is there turbid energy in his body? Could it be that he is a demon cultivator?"
Zhang Yao's mind was filled with thoughts and he kept guessing.
It is not impossible that the Li Yuan sect is a demon cultivator, but it is really unlikely.
After all, he is a demon cultivator. No matter how strong his cover-up methods are, it is really unbelievable that he can openly establish a sect and even go to the nine palaces of Tianzhou.
But among the thousands of cultivation methods in the world, only demonic cultivators can utilize turbid energy. If Ancestor Ming Yuan is not a demonic cultivator, what will he be?
"It seems he has quite a secret."
Zhang Yao thought for a moment and had no idea.
"It's better to find a chance to ask a few questions..."
Such thoughts popped into his mind.
It stands to reason that those who can cultivate to the late stage of Golden Elixir are all those who are full of talent, understanding, resources and opportunities. It is normal for them to have secrets.
As long as the Ancestor Ming Yuan doesn't ruin his affairs and doesn't prevent him from seizing the Infinite Yin Earth, Zhang Yao doesn't bother to care so much.
But at this juncture, everyone has signed a legal contract to form an alliance. If this incident causes unexpected trouble, then Zhang Yao will have to make plans early.
"When the critical moment comes, even if the legal deed is torn up, we can't let him lead us by the nose!"
Zhang Yao was already prepared for the worst.
The binding force of things like legal deeds also depends on the specific level. The legal deeds taken out by Ancestor Ming Yuan are just commercial products and are not very binding.
The binding force of this low-level legal contract is only slightly stronger than the illusory Dao Heart Oath.
The backlash suffered by violating the legal contract is enough to severely damage ordinary Jindan monks, but for Zhang Yao, it is just a drop of water. He doesn't care at all, otherwise he would not sign it readily.
…………
The Kuroshio is about to break out, and every day passes slowly.
Since the alliance was formed, all the Golden elixir monks have practiced together in the Tao Palace, often exchanging practice experiences and chatting, and the relationship has been maintained well.
Based on the style of Ancestor Mingyuan, he doesn't think highly of other Jindan monks, but he still treats Zhang Yao differently.
Under Zhang Yao's deliberate friendship, the relationship between the two developed very quickly. From time to time, they got together to interact with each other. Zhang Yao occasionally wanted to learn from each other, but was rejected by Ancestor Mingyuan.
On this day:
Zhang Yao and Ancestor Mingyuan were drinking and talking in a viewing pavilion in the back hall of the Dao Palace, and once again talked about Ancestor Mingyuan's experience.
"...Hey, Tianzhou is like that."
Ancestor Ming Yuan drank a glass of wine, shook the glass, and said with disdain:
"Those years when I first entered Tianzhou were really shocking to me. I felt like I was standing on a high mountain, and I acted cautiously."
"But later I gradually discovered that the xenophobia of the local monks in Tianzhou was so serious that it pervaded every aspect, and the contradictions could not be reconciled at all."
"The competition there is already fierce. If we outsiders want to get ahead, we can only join secret organizations such as the Three Heavenly Palaces..."
"Three Heavenly Palaces?"
Zhang Yao's expression moved and he keenly captured this key word.
In fact, he knew the specific situation of Tianzhou through the memory of Liu Cang, a San practitioner of Five Elements, but this was the first time he heard about the three heavenly palaces.
But Ancestor Mingyuan seemed unwilling to say more about his experience in Tianzhou, and immediately changed the subject:
"There is nothing to talk about in Tianzhou. It will become clear to you when fellow Taoist Qingxu goes there by yourself in the future."
"But Mo Yuan, whom we are about to explore, is worth talking about..."
He said, paused, and then said:
"Fellow Daoist Qingxu, you probably don't know very well."
"There are actually far more than one or two bottomless abyss under the sky that go straight to the lungs of the earth. They are found in the Central Plains, the East China Sea, the Northern Desert... these places."
"But this Moyuan on the southwest border is truly the 'First Abyss'."
"oh?"
Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows and gestured:
"Then I would like to hear the details."
Ancestor Ming Yuan put down his wine glass, shook his head and said:
"I only found out about this news after I went to Tianzhou."
"There are many bottomless abyss in the world, and the specific characteristics are different. But according to the words of the predecessors and sages, this abyss should be the deepest."
"No one knows exactly how deep it is, but it is said that at the beginning of the Middle Ages, there was a God-Transforming True Lord who dived hundreds of thousands of feet underground in one breath, but still failed to reach the bottom, and finally had to return without success... "
"More than a hundred thousand feet?"
Zhang Yao couldn't help but be moved when he heard this.
In the normal state of this Moyuan, it is difficult for a Golden Core cultivator to sneak into the depths of ten thousand feet, but the True Monarch of Transformation God can sneak into more than ten thousand feet in one breath. His magical power is really unimaginable.
You must know that the deeper you go underground, the more the earth's magnetic force will double and skyrocket. Every time you dive ten thousand feet, the difficulty will be completely different.
"The key is that under those tens of thousands of feet, I don't know how many rare treasures of heaven, materials and earth there will be..."
(End of chapter)
